I don't think we've seen a decrease in house price where I live that would back-up the current offers. 

Sellers received 91.6% of their list price in Austin, down from 92.3% last year, while metro sellers averaged 92.3%, a decrease from 93.3% in 2024.Here are the August 2025 stats for Austin and the greater metro:What if I’m a buyer?

Most of of Florida is having a tough time with it being one of the deepest cut in this changing market on price decreases. 

The drop in the Fed rate will decrease the cost of money and that would help a lot of business's.

Being able to claim real estate professional status does provide a lot of benefits if you qualify.There are some risks / concerns but the benefits are great.1) Your spouse will be spending 750 hours which is about 15 hours a week2) There is a risk that the quad that you purchase decreases in price(It can also make you very rich if the value goes up).Note: I find it that normally the higher the cost of the house, the less likely that you will get close to the 1% rule.

I would try and see how to decrease vacancy rate before looking at buying another property Increase your GOI. 

For example, if the primary goal is to simply reinvest income from one flip into the next, then C-corps can actually decrease tax liability because C-corps, unlike S-corps, are not required to distribute income.

While tourism is important to the city, there are many other industries and I don't necessarily think the ban will decrease the number of tourists and many locals are complaining about the overtourism anyway it might not be such a bad thing if the numbers decline a bit.As Erwin suggested, there are areas that are indeed more favorable for short-term rentals.

In Japan, however, the value of properties generally depreciates to 0, like the value of cars do, except if they're collector's items plus the population is steadily decreasing so not the best way to create wealth.

But low prices reflect weak long term demand due to the decrease in population.